Early careers
Why construction?
The construction industry offers a dynamic environment where your skills, experience and drive pave the way for a successful and fulfilling career. There are rewarding opportunities for everyone!
From engineering, design, planning, project management and quantity surveying to HR, accounting, IT and procurement, there is a role to match your talents and aspirations. Find the roles most suited to you based on your interests, skills and qualifications here.
The construction industry is at the forefront of green building practices and digital transformation. You can be part of groundbreaking environmental projects, shaping a better tomorrow.
Construction is a transformative industry that offers a wealth of choices and contributes to a sustainable future. It is more than bricks and mortar — it is about shaping the built environment for generations to come!
At Tilbury Douglas, we go beyond just training and development. You will gain the support you need to flourish in your chosen path while contributing to a sustainable and innovative future.
With an extensive portfolio of exciting projects and a promising future pipeline, we offer a platform for you to make a real difference.
Still unsure? Complete this quiz to find your dream role.
Why Tilbury Douglas?
Apprentices working at Tilbury Douglas
Tilbury Douglas offers a diverse and exciting range of projects across our business units, providing the perfect launchpad for achieving your career goals.
We champion an inclusive culture that values and respects everyone’s unique background and perspective. We believe a diverse workforce fosters innovation and excellence. We strive to create a welcoming environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute their talents.
At Tilbury Douglas, we invest in our people. We recognise that wellbeing is essential for individual and company success.
Join our team and embark on a rewarding career journey with a company that prioritises its people.
Our people are our passion
Our passion for quality construction goes hand-in-hand with our dedication to our people. Our people are the driving force behind our success. We promote a culture that embraces fresh ideas and perspectives, fuelling innovation and resilience. We are committed to fostering a supportive environment where you can develop your skills and reach your full potential.
We focus on your strengths and aspirations, not just your qualifications. With a wide range of disciplines and projects, you will find the perfect fit to ignite your passion for the industry. Join us and we will help you unlock your potential and chart a fulfilling career path in construction.
Our experienced teams will provide mentorship and guidance throughout your journey.
That is what makes Tilbury Douglas such a great place to work!
What’s important to you is just as important to us!
It’s important when choosing an employer and company to work for that their values align to yours.
At Tilbury Douglas, our values are what we believe in and how we operate to achieve outcomes. All employees can be recognised and rewarded for their positive contribution by ‘Anytime Awards’ which can be issued by anyone in the company acknowledging another work colleague.
Do our values align with yours?
Everyone has a voice
We strive to bring more diversity into our business through recruitment and specialist partnerships, and with diversity comes a strong culture of inclusivity. We ensure that everyone’s voice is heard through open-door policies and community events throughout the business.
Do the right thing
We go to the nth degree for our clients, always approaching a project with a can-do attitude that is grounded in experience.
Take pride in what you do
We celebrate our achievements, share our experiences and define the next best-practice standards for future generations across our business.
Bring better to life
We challenge ourselves and our clients to push our work further, to deliver a greater, sustainable and societal impact.
- Sustainability
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We know you care about the environment, and so do we! We have a strategy in place for our business to create and record sustainable value. This is called people, planet, performance.
Check out more information on all the great things we are doing to ensure we continue to build a better future for everyone!
- Communities
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At Tilbury Douglas, working with communities and making a difference with the projects we do is very important to us – you too can work with communities and help build a better future!
We have extensive experience working across a range of sectors including healthcare, education, highways, infrastructure and justice.
See the variety of projects we work on – you could be part of them too!
- Diversity
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We appreciate you are used to a hyper connected world and prize diversity of views where in your career you want to continue to collaborate with people from different backgrounds.
At Tilbury Douglas we value and celebrate all individual differences. We treat everyone fairly, no matter your gender, sexual orientation, background, age or disability, and give everyone the opportunities for new and varied experiences.
- Creativity
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We’re always looking for innovative ways of working and you can bring some of your creativity into the workplace – during your career path with Tilbury Douglas there will be opportunities to solve complex problems so there is lots of scope to make a difference!
- Connecting
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You will be provided with the unique opportunity to access our vibrant Early Careers community connecting you with those on a similar journey to you!
- Volunteering
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You can get involved in volunteering through our give a day of your time initiative, whether it be charity work, community initiatives, educational support or taking time out to mentor the next generation of construction professionals.
- Safety
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At Tilbury Douglas, health and safety is at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to the highest standards and have a target of zero accidents. We are dedicated to exemplary standards and leadership.
We foster a proactive safety culture across our business and strive to make sure our employees, contractors, and the people who work with or alongside us, can carry out their work in the safest way possible.
- Wellbeing
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Building a healthy working environment
At Tilbury Douglas, creating a working environment that promotes both physical and mental health is important to colleagues’ overall wellbeing and, as a result, productivity. We seek to understand and implement best practice in our working conditions, this includes both our physical environment and our wider organisational culture and ways of working. A healthy working environment includes a positive working experience which means being attentive to issues such as autonomy, work-life balance and opportunities for learning, development, and progression.Employee assistance programme
Our employee assistance programme offers you direct access to a range of advisory support services – 24 hours a day, seven days a week, every day of the year – to help you in your job and in your everyday life.
Meet some of our people
Case studies
We asked a few of our team what their experience has been like working at Tilbury Douglas. View our case studies below.
Tyler Boudir
Apprentice Engineer
Callum Hutchinson
Graduate Quantity Surveyor
Lewis Wyatt
Apprentice Quantity Surveyor
Harry Hawkins
Apprentice Quantity Surveyor
Sampras Jayakodi Arachchige
Apprentice Engineer
Jonathan Stones
Apprentice Quantity Surveyor
A day in the life of…
What does a typical day look like for our employees? Find out below!
Meet the Hiring Manager
There are always questions you would really like to ask even before applying for a job and we understand that. So, we’ve asked some of our Hiring Managers the same questions about different roles we will be actively recruiting for to ensure you get more of an insight!
Benefits package
Our benefits package includes:
- Competitive salary
- 26 days annual leave
- Private medical insurance
- Life assurance
- Defined contribution pension scheme matched up to 8%
- Two days volunteering opportunities
- Flexible and agile working (dependent on your role)
- Employee assistance programme
- Professional membership fees
- Flexible benefits scheme
Apprenticeships, graduates and placements
If you’re looking to complete an apprenticeship, join our graduate scheme or join us for a year out or summer placement, you’ll find everything you need to know below.
Apprenticeships
Are you passionate, ambitious and motivated? With the right steer, an apprenticeship could be the start of a very promising career!
Graduates
Our two-year graduate development programme is tailored to provide you with the technical skills required to fulfil your role.
Placements
We offer a number of placement options including our year out programme or our 12 week summer programme in June, July and August.Frequently asked questions
- Where can I learn more about what current Early Career opportunities there are with Tilbury Douglas and how should I apply?
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Visit our careers site and you can search by the job title or location. It will bring up details of the role and if it’s the one you’re looking for then you can apply.
- Can I apply through mobile?
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Yes – we support iOS and Android devices.
- Can I apply for more than one job at a time?
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You can apply for as many jobs as you feel match your experience and skill set. Please check the location. If the location where you have applied is different from where you are currently situated, remember to include on your application that you’re looking to relocate or you’re moving to another area.
- What selection criteria are usually applied?
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The criteria will vary for each role but typically we will look at education, accreditation and charterships, past career history, responsibilities in previous positions, sector experience and transferable skills.
- What support is available throughout the application process?
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We are committed to having a more diverse workforce and better representing wider society. If you have a disability, health condition and/or are neurodiverse and may benefit from some adjustments and support then just ask. We do not want our hiring process to be a barrier for you. Our recruiters will work with you to learn more about your support needs and identify reasonable adjustments that will help you to be at your best. You will not need to provide proof to support your request – we trust you.
- How long will the selection process take?
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The timetable is published on each advert which will provide a closing date.
- Am I eligible to apply if I do not have a work permit?
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For our Early Career opportunities at Tilbury Douglas, we are only able to consider applicants who are currently legally eligible to work in the UK as we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for any early careers position including the graduate scheme.
- If I am unsuccessful for a role, do I get feedback?
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We do not offer detailed feedback due to the high volume of applications that we receive and the quick turnaround of the process, however we do provide any tests results for any tests you have undertaken as part of the recruitment process and will supply you with application tips should you be unsuccessful.
- Why do you collect information about me and how do you use it?
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We ask you to complete a diversity questionnaire as part of our recruitment process to help us understand the diversity of our applicants and whether there are any representational gaps. While it is voluntary to disclose this information, we strongly encourage our applicants and employees to complete the diversity questionnaire. This allows us to continually monitor and improve our process, ensuring it is inclusive to everyone regardless of background.
Your data will be used for statistical and monitoring purposes only, informing our inclusion and diversity strategy.
Your answers will be treated in the strictest confidence, and all data is held in line with legal data privacy requirements, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
You can read our privacy notice for online recruitment data here.
- If I have applied before and been unsuccessful, can I apply again?
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Certainly. We review all applications anew. If you have not been successful previously, please utilise the feedback provided and apply again.
- Do you accept late applications?
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Unfortunately, we are unable to accept late applications to any role as our applicant tracking system will not allow it. All applications must be completed via our website, we cannot accept CVs and cover letters that are emailed to us. We publish all application dates on our website and send candidates reminders to submit.
- Who can I contact if I'm having technical issues?
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If you are having any technical issues, please email td.recruitment@tilburydouglas.co.uk.
- Where are Tilbury Douglas offices located?
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Depending on the role, you could be based in an office, on site or both. Click here to see where our offices are located.
- How can I prepare for my interview?
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Check out our ‘recruiting tips’, ‘CV tools & tips’ and ‘prepare great questions for your interviewer’ in addition to all the great information our website provides.
Note for recruitment agencies:
We do not use agencies for any of our vacancies.